a sop to Cerberus



a sop to Cerberus

A bribe. Taken from the ancient Greek and Roman custom of leaving gifts with corpses so that Cerberus (guardian of the gates of hell) would pass them by. What is this money, a sop to Cerberus so that I won't tell the authorities what you've done?
See also: sop

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KailynKAY-linEnglish (Modern)
CibrÁNthee-BRANGalician
Mina (2)-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil
Hand[hænd]
Unathi-Southern African, Xhosa
Toiba-Yiddish